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Travels with Charley—sunflowers and beyond: an appreciation of the life and work of Charles B. Heiser, Jr. (1920-2010)

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    Barbara Pickersgill

  2. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit-3043, Storrs, CT, 06269-3043, USA

    Gregory J. Anderson

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Pickersgill, B., Anderson, G.J. Travels with Charley—sunflowers and beyond: an appreciation of the life and work of Charles B. Heiser, Jr. (1920-2010). Econ Bot 64, 281–286 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-010-9131-2

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